This isn't on the level of some other providers, they'll still null route you if you go over an unspecified amount of traffic. IIRC they use Juniper and Corero.<p>This is the reply I got from their support, just a few days ago:<p>>In short, our DDoS protection works by filtering out DoS-like traffic and is applied via the Linode network, so all Linodes are automatically protected. If your server were to be on the receiving end of a larger attack that impacts the Linode's host, we would need to prevent your server from receiving traffic until the attack ends. If you're concerned that you might be the target of a large DoS attack, there are a number of third-party DDoS mitigation services that you can use alongside your Linode.<p>>We aren't able to provide specific numbers since effects can vary depending on the attack. If you wanted to be sure your Linode is protected, we would recommend utilizing a third-party DDoS protection service overtop of your Linode's included protection. You also have the option of waiting to apply third-party protection until a null route is found to be necessary.
I guess this is basically the same as OVH's "VAC" system? I sometimes get these emails:<p>>We have just detected an attack on IP address x.x.x.x. In order to protect your infrastructure, we vacuumed up your traffic onto our mitigation infrastructure. The entire attack will thus be filtered by our infrastructure, and only legitimate traffic will reach your servers.<p>and then:<p>>We are no longer able to detect any attack on IP address x.x.x.x. Your infrastructure has now been withdrawn from our mitigation system.<p>I never need to do anything, but I don't think these attacks are real anyway.
Is it free [1], free* [2] or "free" [3]?<p>[1]: free as in free beer, at no direct cost to users<p>[2]: terms and conditions apply, free until you hit certain conditions (for example, constant barrage)<p>[3]: free as in the customers pay for the (mandatory) DDoS protection via increased prices (similar to how I remember OVH handling their "free" DDoS protection)
Serious question: why would I want to use Linode over GCP or AWS? Asking as someone who hasn’t really dabbled with smaller cloud providers. Is it cost? Support? Developer tooling?
Nice. Apart from the security incident that took place long time ago, are there any reason why everyone is going straight to DO instead of Linode?<p>For a long time Linode has had better features, performance and bandwidth. It wasn't until recently DO had Managed DB and many other additions.<p>Linode's High Memory Plan also has much better Memory : CPU Ratio.<p>Still waiting for their CDN, ( Not sure why they are not exposing it and instead requires going through CS ), Managed DB and Bare Metal. Once those three are in place, ( and well tested ) It should provide decent competition to the HyperScalers.
Good for them. Having DDoS protection included in pricing is now one of our core purchase criteria. There are many ransom hackers that target nobody companies like where I work were this kind of protection is now mandatory to ensure uptime.
Well done Linode.<p>I wonder how quickly DigitalOcean will add this to remain competitive.<p>It's a huge win to have your hosting provider handle this and it's also nice to not be "forced" into using Cloudflare for such an important feature.
Fascinating! I learned about fail2ban this week as well as how to search for bad SSH actors -- I was amazed at the traffic requests my Linode was getting decked with.<p>Having this as a default seems good.
i m always surprised by the obvious promotion posts here. I 've had free Ddos protection in my hetzner servers since forever and nobody ever mentioned it
OVH and Linode are what Bluehost is for shared hosting. Hosting providers that you want to stay away from if you want good for your server infrastructure.